Meet Tread. At first glance, he looks like your typical black lab cross: goofy, sweet, ball obsessed, water loving mutt. However, Tread is not just your average run of the mill dog; he is a life saver. Tread is a blood donor dog and on more than one occasion, when an emergency situation has arisen, his gift of blood has saved the life of a dog in need.

Tread has not always led such a glamorous life.    In fact, when Tread first came to Van Isle Vet, he was brought in by the SPCA who found him lying in a ditch. He had been hit by a car and suffering from multiple fractures to the pelvis. Luckily fate was in Tread’s favor that day because it was Dr. de...

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